'Sienna to blame for split': Jude Law left shocked by break-up as friends say he's going through a rough time

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Jude Law was not responsible for his sudden split from fiancée Sienna Miller, family sources claimed tonight.

The 38-year-old actor and his 29-year-old girlfriend announced their separation on Tuesday, prompting rumours to abound for the reason behind their break-up.

However, last night, a source close to the Alfie actor told the Daily Mail: 'Clearly things aren't particularly rosy in Jude’s personal life.

Separate lives: A tired Sienna Miller (left) leaving the Dominion Theatre in London today, while Jude Law is hard at work filming in San Francisco

'All I can say is that's he's gone through a rough time. These things are hard - it's awful.

'The good thing is that he's busy. He'll keep on working.'

Asked if Jude was responsible for the split, tellingly, the family source added: 'No, that wouldn't be fair at all. He's shocked by this.'

As the Mail revealed yesterday, Miss Miller is believed to have grown close to actor Joe Armstrong, her co-star in her new West End play Flare Path, although any insinuation of a romance between the pair was swiftly denied by her spokeswoman.

The blonde actress was today at rehearsals with Mr Armstrong, 32, best known for appearing in BBC1 drama Robin Hood as Allan A Dale, at a London theatre.

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The father-of-four is currently filming action thriller Contagion in San Francisco, and another friend added: ‘All that Jude is concerned about now are his children.’

He will hand out an Academy Award at the Oscars on February 27 and is also working with director Steven Steven Soderbergh on new film Contagion, as well as Hugo’s Cabret with Martin Scorsese, two projects that will be released next year.

Law will keep the £8 million mansion that he bought with Miss Miller in October.

Before the split: Sienna and Jude at the Cuckoo Club in London in December 2010

The North London house is currently being renovated, however, there will be no row over who stays at the home – as the title deeds are in the star’s real name, David Law.

Miss Miller, meanwhile, is believed to have moved back to the West London home which she had previously put on the market.

Just friends: Miller has denied speculation of a new romance with her new co-star Joe Armstrong

Law has also become friendlier with his ex-wife Sadie Frost, the mother of three of his children, Rafferty, 13, Iris, nine, and Rudy, seven.

Miss Frost has never made it a secret that she disliked Miss Miller. Last summer, she was left furious after the actress took Rudy to the hairdresser, where all his golden curls were cut off.

She wrote on Twitter: ‘I think ya should get ya own child and then cut their hair!’ and retorted by banning Miss Miller from Iris’s ballet recital.

Law spent Christmas Day with Miss Frost and their children and his ex-wife is believed to be ‘delighted’ and more than happy the relationship has ended.

While she did not make a reference to the couple’s break-up on Twitter, she made it clear she was happy, writing: ‘Morning enjoying my coffee after the school run!’

A source close to both the couple claimed: ‘The split is mutual and amicable and there is no other party involved.’